This International Women's Day, we're celebrating the amazing women who make up our Shout community.
1,870 active Shout Volunteers are women and, in the last year, we took 436,500 conversations with 174,600 texters who identify as women or girls, making up a large part of our service.
Shout texters who identify as women or girls:
Shout Volunteers who identify as women:
“I was inspired to volunteer because I could see the impact mum was able to have, and hoped that I would be able to make a difference, too.”
Tiffany Shout Volunteers Tiffany and her mum Karen tell us what they love about supporting texters in mental health crisis Read their story
51% of Shout texters who identify as women are between 14 - 24.
With the number of girls struggling with eating disorders and self harm on the rise, early intervention and access to in-the-moment services like Shout are vital.
This International Women's Day, please help us to be there for girls and women when they need us most by making a donation.
Our new report, 'Two million Shout conversations: Saving lives at scale through the power of technology', reveals insights from the two million conversations we have taken with 675,000 people in mental health distress.
Retired Headteacher Del used to recommend Shout to students at her school, before becoming a volunteer herself. She recently took our two millionth conversation. Hear what Del has to say about being there to support others with their mental health.
To mark Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, Shout Clinician Laura shares some tips for how you can look after your mental wellbeing during pregnancy and beyond. This year’s theme is ‘Journey to Recovery’ and we’ve highlighted some of the steps mums can take to support their mental wellbeing during this time.